Danger All Around

The threats adventurers face go far beyond the creatures that lie in wait for them -- the very terrain through which they travel can be a danger. Wilderness & Wasteland contains new hazards, diseases, plants and poisons, as well as rules and guidelines for making the terrain your adventurers pass through more than just backdrop. Includes five encounters designed to take advantage of the new rules presented rein, with information on scaling them up or down depending on the power level of your adventuring party.

The Near Now. Two years ago, a band of intrepid Storm Knights trapped the Gaunt Man within a powerful reality storm. Now the master of the horror realm of Orrorsh, the most powerful High Lord of all, is back!

The Gaunt Man has returned in time to learn that a renegade Hellion Court member is planning to destroy a major city in a bid for supreme occult power. But the Lord of Fear knows the perfect people to stop his rebellious servant -- Storm Knights. Thus is hatched a diabolical scheme to test the powers of his greatest foes, with the stakes of three million human lives. The Knights must survive a fear-fraught journey through Illmound Keep and solve a terrifying mystery in the Nile Empire, before confronting a maddened Nightmare in final battle.

Also included in this super-adventure is new source material on the realm of Orrorsh, including maps of Illmound Keep, spells, occult items, miracles, and stats on Hellion Court members.

The Gaunt Man Returns is a super-adventure for Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars. You need the boxed game and the Orrorsh sourcebook to play. This adventure is recommended for veteran player characters.While the material in this book is set in Torg's Earth, many of the situations and adventure ideas can be incorporated into other game systems.

The February 1996 issue of Dragon Magazine includes the following articles:

• "Arcane Lore: Monsoons and the Power of Om," by Michael A. Selinker, pp. 42-47. These powerful new wizard and priest spells come from the Indian subcontinent.
• "Bazaar of the Bizarre: Magical Scabbards and Sheaths," by David Howery, pp. 62-64. Sometimes it's not the sword that's magical...
• "Campaign Classics: The Magical Sands of Zakhara," pp. 80-83. Al-Qadim. When your world is surrounded by sand, that becomes the tool you use. These wondrous sands were once the exclusive possessions of sha'irs.
• "Dot to Dot," pp. 36-40. They may all look alike on the map, but not all cities are identical. Don't make all your towns clones of each other.
• "Game Wizards: The Ultimate Dungeon Master's Aid," by William W. Connors, pp. 49-51. At long last! The AD&D game core reference books (and more!) are on CD-ROM. An introduction to the Core Rules Volume 1.
• "Improve with Improv," pp. 28-34. Improvisational skills are not just for musicians. Good DMs need to be able to make rulings and come up with game elements on the fly.
• "The Magic Goes Away," pp. 8-15. What's the secret to game balance? Could it be limiting the number and power of users of magic?
• "Miniature Player Character Record Sheets," pp. 68-72.
• "Off-the-Cuff NPCs," pp. 22-26. The key to an enjoyable gaming experience is memorable NPCs, and now you can create a few in no more time than it takes to read this blurb.
• "Powers from the Past," pp. 52-58. Sometimes it's the things that people do that make their objects magical.
• "Rogue's Gallery: Theahtyn," p. 77. Meet Theahtyn, a powerful dwarven fighter. Just when his life was calming down, tragedy struck. Now he is coming out of retirement, and he has a mission.
• "Rome May Not Have Been Built in a Day, But...," pp. 17-20. Your campaign world can be. This simple step-by-step walkthrough shows you how to make one in just a few hours.

Take That, Bad Guy!
Ferocious Fire Dragon Inferno Blast!

Outrageous Japanimation Action bursts to life with Haiiiii-Ya!: Cartoon Martial Arts Combat! Create your favorite Japanese anime Fighter, then add Martial Arts Styles, Special Attacks, Signature Moves, Combat Options, and a wide variety of hilarious Chi powers like Star Energy Shuriken! and Tsunami Water Smash!

Increase in Power and Rank, then decimate your opponents in one-on-one or mass gladiatorial combat!

All you need to play is this book and some six-sided dice... So don't wait any longer...

The Fight is About to Begin!

Let the Feast Begin!

For decades, the tiny village of Ravenmoor has existed quietly on the upper reaches of the Lampblack River, far from the centers of civilization in Varisia. Linked to the outside world only by an overgrown, mostly forgotten trail, the villagers are comfortable with their isolation. Their ways are humble, quaint, and at times odd, and when travelers come, they find the town awkward and unmemorable. Certainly, the lack of a village inn, the oppressive humidity, and the bug-infested moors and swamps that surround the village do little to encourage visitors. When a clerk in the city of Magnimar discovers that, due to a clerical error, the village of Ravenmoor hasn't paid taxes in years, a tax collector is sent to the distant community to settle accounts with its mayor. When the tax collector fails to return, however, a group of adventurers must travel to the town during its Founders' Feast celebration to investigate his disappearance. Did he really make off with the taxes for himself, as the villagers suspect? Or did he never make it out of Ravenmoor at all?

Feast of Ravenmoor is an adventure for 3rd-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world's oldest RPG. It features a terrifying adventure set in a rural village in the frontier realm of Varisia, and a brand-new monster eager to torment and frighten unsuspecting adventurers.

Pathfinder Modules are 32-page, high-quality, full-color, adventures using the Open Game License to work with both the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

School Can Be Hell!

Every year the Acadamae -- Korvosa's prestigious school of the arcane arts -- opens its gates to the city to host the Breaching Festival, where the most skilled infiltrators are invited to enter the magically guarded Hall of Wards or die trying. Testing their luck against the university's strongest defenses, the competitors pull out all the stops as they vie for a chance at a fortune in gold and magical treasure. This year, the school's headmaster has invited the heroes to participate, against the contest's longstanding traditions. While the Breaching Festival has not seen a champion in over a century and a half, this year's festival promises to be the deadliest trial the school has ever known. Should the heroes reign victorious, the secrets they may uncover promise more than gold and glory -- they may rock the very foundation of the Acadamae, and even the entire city!

Academy of Secrets is an adventure for 13th-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world's oldest RPG. It features a massive magical university, compatible with the GameMastery Map Pack: Magic Academy and teeming with sorcerous traps, weird puzzles, diabolical monsters, and countless students and professors trapped in a web of arcane deceit. Also within, you'll find a brand-new monster and details on one of Golarion's most famous schools of magic, as mentioned in Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Guide to Korvosa and the Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path. While Academy of Secrets takes place in the metropolitan city of Korvosa, the magic academy within is suitable for use in any fantasy campaign setting.

It is the time of the Possibility Wars. Fierce reality storms wrack the Earth, hurtling contradictory realities against each in a maelstrom of destruction. In the wake of these devastating storms, the Storm Knights are born -- to fight the High Lords, and to gather the relics of power that will drive the invaders off our world.

It is the city of legend. The final resting place of the fabled Possibility Chalice and the end of the Storm Knights' journey. Their adventure has carried them across endless miles and brought them into conflict with the forces of four different High Lords. With the Possibility Chalice in their possession and the Destiny Map to show them the way, the Storm Knights are bound for the mysterious Forever City.

But with the end so near, the High Lords have stepped up their efforts to stop the Storm Knights and capture the relics for themselves. The heroes find themselves pitted against deadly cyber-knights, walking gods from the Nile Empire, and a hideous agent of the fifth -- and perhaps most dangerous -- realm to enter the chase.

Framed against a backdrop of intrigue and suspense, the Storm Knights make their way across Europe to reach the towering snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas for the stunning climax to the Relics of Power Trilogy.

This Torg adventure can be played by itself or as the third part of the Relics of Power Trilogy. It introduces players and gamemasters alike to the Torg universe, where realities overlap and anything is possible.

For up to six players and a gamemaster. You need the Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars boxed game to use this adventure.

A Maze of Tragedy and Mystery

While investigating a mysteriously abandoned mansion, the adventurers stumble into a tangled web of kidnapping, theft and murder. From a mansion with a deadly secret to the blood-stained waves of the high seas and an ancient, cursed citadel, the adventurers face a succession of deadlier and deadlier foes, with the rescue of innocents and the recovery of fabulous treasure as their ultimate rewards. A Family Affair includes a fully-developed town setting, numerous unique NPCs and a wide range of challenging opponents.

A d20 adventure for 4 to 6 characters 8th level or higher.

Polish Your Holy Symbols and Sharpen Your Stakes!

Descend into the Sewers of the Underguild in search of the fabled hollow blade. Travel to the ancient Pyramid of Amra and attempt to wrest the Tome of Mind and Body from the Iron Fist of Set, or discover the mysteries hidden beneath the Isle of Eliphaz. Beware, enemies that feast on mortal blood hide at every corner, and none have yet lived that can tell the tale of Athransma's strange experiments.

The Deadliest of Undead

Are your players tired of always setting off on quests for spell books and holy swords? Don't let wizards and paladins have all the fun! Published under the d20 System, Vampires and Liches contains three short, difficult adventures: The Isle of Eliphaz, Sewers of the Underguild, and The Pyramid of Amra, each centered around a confrontation with the most evil form of undead in all the lands! Don't forget to stock up on your holy water -- Vampires and Liches, the sequel to Demons and Devils, awaits.

A fantasy adventure for 4 to 6 players of 11th level or higher.

Horror Roleplaying in Ancient Rome

ROMAN CHILDREN TREMBLE in their beds as their mothers tell them stories of Medusa, the Hundred-Handed Ones, and the War of the Titans. They pray that the Fates have woven a long skein for them, free from encounters with the Minotaur and Cerberus. Little do they know that things more horrible than the creatures of myth and legend inhabit the world. A dark god stalks the streets of Rome stealing the souls of the rich and the poor, the young and the old, to populate his empire on the other side of the wall of sleep.

Thousands of miles away, on the coast of a freshly invaded island, Roman centurions huddle around campfires entertaining themselves with dice and ghost stories. They trust their fortifications to keep the barbarians at bay. But the barbarians are the least of their concerns. Outside the ramparts, small shapes scuttle through the darkness, looking for new hosts.

In the midst of the largest sea the world knows, an Egyptian merchant scans the horizon looking for land -- and safety. Pirates prowl the sea, avoiding the Roman navy and preying on merchant vessels. The merchant's men are well-armed to fend off any pirates, but he won't relax until the coast is in sight. He doesn't notice the forms swirling under the waves, reaching up with their claws to pull the boat down. His men are ill-prepared to fight them.

Greek scholars in Athens are ecstatic when they uncover scrolls relating to an African god from the deepest interior of that dark continent. They're eager to read all they can in the cause of science. Their education hasn't prepared them for the fact that the god is already in Athens, and they fail to notice that the city hasn't changed for hundreds of years.

Young women scurry through the streets of Herculaneum to the Temple of Vesta, shunning the advances of lecherous old men and soldiers who've returned from the front looking to spend their coin. Only these women know that their chastity protects the world from an unspeakable horror. Should they fail in their mission, all of Rome is doomed to fall under a depraved god's whim.

Sweat and grime cover a young Persian woman as she pulls her sword out of yet another monster that's risen from the sand. As she glances around, several more unbury themselves and charge toward her. She casts one last look over her shoulder to make sure the families that were ambushed have escaped before she raises her sword and charges the monsters, her battle cry echoing over the dunes.

This is the world of Cthulhu Invictus, horror roleplaying in the first century CE, the time of the Roman Empire.

INCLUDES THESE CHAPTERS: Welcome to Rome, Capital of the Known World ... Short Tour Around Mare Nostrum ... Character Creation ... Skills ... Equipment and Supplies ... Recovering Sanity ... Combat ... Roman Siege Weapons ... The Grimoire ... The Bestiary ... Cults and Secret Societies ... The Roman Legions ... Prophylaxis Panacea Efqa ... Scenario Seeds

The Grey Wardens Need You!

Only fools now deny that a new Blight is upon Thedas. It rises in the south in the land of Ferelden. By cunning strategy or cruel fate, Ferelden is where the Grey Wardens are weakest. Now new heroes must make their names. New Grey Wardens must fill the order's dwindling ranks. Will you answer the call and carry the duty that cannot be foresworn?

The Dragon Age RPG has been called the best introduction to roleplaying in 30 years. Now the exciting [story] that began in Set 1 continues in the highly anticipated Set 2. This beautiful boxed set includes everything a group needs to continue a Dragon Age RPG campaign with characters of levels 6 to 10.

Dragon Age Set 2 includes an 80-page Player's Guide, and 80-page Game Master's Guide, six reference cards for combats, stunts, and spellcasting, and a gorgeous poster map detailing the world of Thedas. Its many highlights include:

• Grey Wardens! Rules for joining the order and extensive background on its history and practices.
• New Stunts! Roleplaying and exploration stunts round out Age's acclaimed stunt system.
• New Gear! Full rules for the creation and use of poisons, grenades, and traps.
• Thedas Revealed! Background info on the dwarves of Orzammar, the religions of Thedas, and more.
• New Backgrounds! There are eleven to choose from, including Antivan Wayfarer, Qunari Beresaad, and Orlesian Exile.
• Specializations! Expand your class with new options like arcane warrior, berserker, and assassin.
• New Spells! The addition of nearly 40 new spells triples the number mages can choose from.

And there's much, more more! Return to the world of BioWare's Dragon Age video games, fight for Ferelden, and face the Blight in Dragon Age Set 2!

This is not a standalone game. Set 1 is required to play.

The Near Now. The Possibility Wars have taken a new turn, as the techno-horror realm of Tharkold reigns in Los Angeles. Now the threat of a bloody civil war between demon prides forces the Storm Knights to ally with a deadly enemy -- Thratchen, High Lord Regent of Orrorsh.

A rebellious Demon Lord plans a rebellion against Jezrael, High Lord of the Tharkold, a war which would leave the forces of Nippon Tech the only winners. Thratchen, in a bid to win Jezrael's favor, offers the Storm Knights a deal: aid him in his quest, and preserve the deadlock between Nippon and Tharkold.

This strange alliance leads the Knights to a daring attempt at sabotage, battles with ninja and undead ghuls, while Thratchen weaves an intricate web to snare both Kanawa and the demon pride.

In the end, the Storm Knights must race against time across a war-torn section of the realm to reach the Demon Lord's stronghold. The prize: the future of Los Angeles and perhaps that of Thratchen as well.

City of Demons is an adventure for Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars. You need the boxed game to play. This adventure is for veteran characters. While the material in this supplement is set in Torg's Earth of the Near Now, many of the situations and adventure ideas can be incorporated into other game systems.

In all of North America there is no more perfect intersection of climate, culture, and colorful history than San Francisco -- the culmination of Manifest Destiny, the Golden Gate to the Pacific Ocean, and the treasure house of the wealth of the great California Gold Rush. Purged of her wild, anarchic past by a devastating earthquake and fire at the beginning of the twentieth century, San Francisco has emerged as the most cosmopolitan city on the West Coast.

San Francisco is deceptively ancient; its history shrouded in a fog of false domesticity. The Bay Area has known many masters, each leaving a distinctive mark upon the land. As San Francisco blossoms it attracts fugitives and practitioners of unorthodox faiths from across the world. Tales of the region assume mythic proportions as it becomes the most ethnically diverse, and most lawless, place in America.

Secrets of San Francisco provides excellent background for a Call of Cthulhu campaign set in the Bay Area of the 1920s. It includes urban geography, civic history and research venues, and mythos lore. Many period photographs are provided and dozens of historical figures are introduced, including several who collaborated and corresponded with Lovecraft. Here are provided descriptions of where San Franciscans are sent when they break the law, go insane, or pass beyond. Here are the sights, sounds, and secrets of this place that make it a unique city.

Call of Cthulhu is a roleplaying game based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft, in which ordinary people are confronted by the demonic beings and forces of the Cthulhu Mythos. 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of this remarkable game.

Path of the Righteous

True heroes know that evil is not an abstraction, nor a concept to be debated. Rather, it is a relentless adversary, a dark tide that seeks always to roll over the world, turning the hearts of gentle souls with its claws and whispers. Against this onslaught stand a proud and pious few: those priests and soldiers who dedicate themselves in body and soul to the forces of light, ready to lay down their lives in defense of the innocent. Aided by the powers of their gods, these stalwart champions use sword and spell, faith and ferocity to protect all that they hold dear. For they know that if they do not—who will?

Faiths of Purity presents a player-friendly overview of the good-aligned religions of the Pathfinder campaign setting, along with new rules and information to help players customize pious characters in both flavor and mechanics.

Inside this book, you'll find:

• Information on each of the major good-aligned gods and his or her corresponding religion, including what's expected of adventurers of various classes, ways for the faithful to identify each other, taboos, devotions and ceremonies, church hierarchies, holy texts, religious holidays, and more
• New traits to help represent and cement a character's background in the church
• New feats and combat tricks for all holy warriors
• New god-specific spells for a wide variety of spellcasting classes
• Paladin codes for sacred warriors of each major god, as well as new organizations and knightly orders
• Details on good-aligned minor deities, racial gods, empyreal lords, and more!

Faiths of Purity includes key information on:

• Cayden Cailean, god of freedom, ale, wine and bravery
• Desna, goddess of dreams, stars, travelers and luck
• Erastil, god of farming, hunting, trade and family
• Iomedae, goddess of valor, rulership, justice and honor
• Sarenrae, goddess of the sun, redemption, honesty and healing
• Shelyn, goddess of beauty, art, love and music
• Torag, god of the forge, protection and strategy

Each bimonthly 32-page Pathfinder Companion contains several player-focused articles exploring the volume’s theme as well as short articles with innovative new rules for social, magic, religious, and combat-focused characters, as well as traits to better anchor the player to the campaign.

Perfect Order, Perfect Chaos

There are those who walk a middle road, the heroes to whom questions of morality come second to some greater goal. It is to these bold individuals that the gods of balance offer their hands. Whether it's the god of cities and civilization or the guardians of the wild places, the goddess of death or the twisted and insane lord of magic, the neutral gods of Golarion are every bit as active as their righteous or evil counterparts. Often misunderstood, their worshipers run the gambit from enlightened scholars to bloodthirsty paragons of battle, all bound together by the same knowledge: that there are distinctions more important than good versus evil.

Faiths of Balance presents a player-friendly overview of the neutral-aligned religions and faiths of the Pathfinder campaign setting, along with new rules and information to help players customize pious characters in both flavor and mechanics. Inside this book, you'll find:

• Information on each of the major neutral gods and his or her corresponding religion, including what's expected of adventurers of various classes, ways for the faithful to identify each other, taboos, devotions and ceremonies, church hierarchies, holy texts, religious holidays, and more
• An overview of the ancient Green Faith, to which many druids still hold
• New character traits to help represent and cement a character's background in the church
• New feats for holy warriors
• New god-specific spells for a wide variety of spellcasters
• New magic items designed specifically for members of the faith
• New religious organizations and military orders, plus a paladin code for the chosen warriors of Abadar, god of cities
• Details on minor neutral deities, powerful fey entities, and more!

Each bimonthly 32-page Pathfinder Companion contains several player-focused articles exploring the volume's theme as well as short articles with innovative new rules for social, magic, religious, and combat-focused characters, as well as traits to better anchor the player to the campaign.

Everyone Deserves a Second Chance

Over the course of its decades-long history, fantasy gaming has produced countless monsters both terrifying and alien, some pulled from mythology and others sprung full-formed from the twisted imaginations of their creators. Yet as with any idea, not every monster can be a winner. Or can it?

With Misfit Monsters Redeemed, Paizo Publishing has taken 10 of the most notoriously bad monsters in RPG history -- the lamest, most hated, and flat-out silliest creatures in the genre -- and attempted to make them fun allies and adversaries for players and Game Masters alike. Each monster comes complete with updated statistics for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, lengthy ecologies explaining how the monsters behave and why they are the way they are, tips on how Game Masters can use them in a campaign, notes on how to fit the monsters into the world of the Pathfinder campaign setting or your own home game, and more.

Inside this 64-page book, you'll find monsters such as:

• Flumphs, everyone's favorite flying jellyfish monster, come from the stars to warn innocent civilizations of the cosmic horrors lurking in the darkness.
• Disenchanters, the blue-furred camels who live to prey on adventurers' magical gear.
• Flail snails, the magic-warping gastropods who weave slowly through the subterranean Darklands, writing epic poetry with their slime trails.
• Doom-screeching dire corbies, the bird-headed terrors of the darkest caverns.
• Lurking rays, the stealthy ambush predators that are really three manta-like monsters in one: the executioner's hood, the trapper, and the lurker above.
• Adherers, those sticky, mummy-like monstrosities whose wrappings of flayed skin are the scarred relics of a horrible experiment by phase spiders from the Ethereal Plane.
• Other lovable losers like the delver, the lava child, the tojanida, and of course, the infamous wolf-in-sheep's-clothing!

Misfit Monsters Redeemed is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder campaign setting, but can easily be used in any fantasy game setting.

Travel to the far reaches of the Barren Wood is perilous in the best of times. These are not the best of times. Here, in the forest's western eves the trees are old, with tangled roots deep in the ground. Here too the fey still roam wild and free. Ancient ruins, many predating the Winter Dark, lay buried in cool deeps, their halls and towers abandoned to the wilderness and to time. But here too, in these dangerous environs, Unklar's folk have fled, making hidden holes in dark places. So it is with the small and the powerful.

The most famous of the ruins is the Old Ziggurat. Built by the Aenochians its many levels served the priests of that ancient empire some 1300 years ago. The Old Ziggurat lay empty for many years, but that has, so the tales relates, changed. The Bard Erikendous has come from the lonely paths of those western eves with stories of dark roots in that old place. Of creatures, of Unklar's servants, making their abode there. His tales, crafted into song, are of a Witch Queen. Few of these creatures lived in the days of darkness, but their were dreaded servants, foul and mean women who ate the flesh of their victims.

The ziggurat is a foul place and any would-be heroes willing to enter this abode and challenge the inhabitants must gird themselves for desperate battle against both the arcane and mundane. For here reside one of the Witch Queens of old and she has surrounded herself with the remnants of the Horned One's armies and the cohorts of those wrecked and ruined in the foul pits of Aufstrag.

For 3-5 characters, levels 3-5. The Adventure continues!

From the makers of the Castles & Crusades roleplaying game comes the third adventure for heroes and adventurers to battle ancient evils in a foul land.

Pick a Card, Any Card...

Gardmore Abbey. Once the bastion of a paladin order devoted to Bahamut, this sacred monastery has become a monster-infested ruin. According to legend, the paladins brought back an artifact from a far-off campaign and stored it in the abbey for safekeeping, and evil forces assaulted the abbey in a failed bid to recapture it. What the legends don't reveal is that this artifact was the Deck of Many Things!

This Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game adventure lures heroes into the ruins of Gardmore Abbey -- a place so warped and twisted by the chaotic forces surrounding the Deck of Many Things, forces that transforms the location with each successive visit.

This box contains the following components:

• Four 32-page books describing Gardmore Abbey and its inhabitants, along with quests and encounters
• 2 double-sided battle maps depicting key adventure locations
• 2 die-cut sheets of cardstock tokens and dungeon tiles
• The Deck of Many Things (22 cards) plus 2 exclusive Treasure Cards

A thrilling heroic tier adventure for characters of levels 6-10

You are a guest of the count, one of your allies and the strongest man in the region. Your sojourn has been pleasant, a nice change after weeks of battle. Suddenly the courtyard below your window is filled with the noise of galloping horses. More guests?

You yawn as you look out. But these people arriving look more like tax collectors than guests. You decide to give your attention to something more interesting, like dinner.

Relax while you can, friend, because these new arrivals are about to lead you to a crimson sailor, a cozy Tower of Terror, and a river with an aching heart.

Sabre River includes a complete campaign setting, new NPCs, dungeon and wilderness encounters, and a mysterious story.

An adventure for characters levels 18-22.

Mirin children slowly trickled into the caverns in a slow stream of ice blue faces and sparkling eyes. At the heart of the cavern, a regal priestess filled an icy bowl with cool, pure water and then bent to breathe gently across the rippling surface. A chill, refreshing breeze passed through the grotto the follow the priestess's voice.

"Attend to the legends of the past so that you might grow strong and never stumble."

The Northern Reaches of Talislanta have long been shrouded in mystery. In The Northern Reaches you will discover:

• The ways of the Mirin and their sinister cousins the Rasmirin.
• The secrets of the Ice Giants of Narandu.
• The brutal society of the Ur and their slave races.
• The masters of the northern forests: the Jaka.
• The lands of the Yrmanian wildmen, the mysterious Malum, and the peculiar Snipes.
• New archetypes, equipment, creatures, and more.

The August 1997 issue of Dragon Magazine includes the following articles:

• "Bard on the Run," pp. 23-27. The Bard is back, and he's punnier than ever.
• "Bazaar of the Bizarre: The Rewards of Villainy," pp. 28-32. Magical items for villains.
• "Dragon's Bestiary: The Other Mummies," pp. 84-87. Hard-hearted killers from bogs and glaciers.
• "Dragon's Bestiary: Spawn of the Sewers," pp. 68-73
• "Dungeon Mastery: Villainy and Intrigue," pp. 90-96. Start with your villain, and then weave a cunning plot for your players.
• "Frequently Asked Questions Answered," pp. 55-57. The future of TSR with Wizards of the Coast.
• "Gangsters of the Underdark: Waterdeep's Most Wanted," pp. 34-40. Sir Eliot of Kness opens the Hex-Files.
• "Mommy Dearest," pp. 8-14. Mess with this non-player character, and you'll be sent to your room without supper!
• "The Return of the Wizards Three," pp. 42-49. The new Wizards Three meet once more to swap spells over pizza and ice cream.
• "Rogues Gallery: Silent Sheehan," p. 88. A despicable NPC from the Ravenloft setting.
• "Villains, Like Fine Wine," pp. 16-22. Make sure your ancient villains improve with age.
• "Wyrms of the North: Felgolos," p. 50-54. Forgotten Realms. They call him "The Flying Misfortune."

The May 1998 issue of Dragon Magazine includes the following articles:

• "Bazaar of the Bizarre," by Sebastian Dietz, pp. 82-86. Look here for some magic that works: magical items for artisans.
• "Dragon's Bestiary," by Johnathan M. Richards, pp. 88-92. Before kissing for princes, study these anurans: archer frog, ghoul frog, leech toad, and spined toad.
• "Dungeon Mastery," by Brent Knowles, pp. 94-96. Before giving up on language barriers, give them pidgins.
• "Heroes of Cerilia," by Ed Bonny, pp. 46-55. Skills & Powers rules for the Birthright setting or any AD&D campaign.
• "Out of Character," by Peter Adkinson, p. 24. A great hero's beginning.
• "Pro-files: Jeff Grubb," by Allen Varney, p. 120.
• "Rakasta of Mystara," by Bruce Heard, pp. 26-37. Add these feline heroes to your campaign.
• "Rogues Gallery," by Kate Novak, pp. 74-80. "The Crew of the Realms Master" return to your campaign.
• "The Taltos," by Tom Moldvay, pp. 38-44. Spirit-hunting rogues, the taltos combine magical and martial power.
• "Wyrms of the North," by Ed Greenwood, pp. 56-60. Forgotten Realms. Silver Miirym guards Candlekeep as "The Sentinel Wyrm."

The June 1998 issue of Dragon Magazine includes the following articles:

• "Arcane Lore." Dragon Dweomers III for priestly dragons.
• "Building a Better Dragon." Teaching an old dragon new tricks is as easy as perusing this menu (making dragons less predictable).
• "Crystal Confusion." Everything -- and we mean everything -- you'll ever need to know about gems.
• "The Dragon of Vstaive Park." Birthright. There's no exagerration when Vore Lekiniskiy is called a mountain of a dragon.
• "Dragon's Bestiary." These creatures are the distant dragon-kin: amphitere, lesser cetus, dragonet, gargouille, hai riyo, peluda, and sirrush.
• "Dungeon Mastery." If you're stumped for an adventure idea, find one in the news.
• "The Missing Dragons." A classic article returns with three new dragons for the AD&D game: the yellow (salt) dragon, orange (sodium) dragon, and purple (energy) dragon.
• "ProFile: Gary Gygax."
• "Wyrms of the North," by Ed Greenwood. Forgotten Realms. The evil woman Morna Auguth is now "The Moon Dragon."

The December 1997 issue of Dragon Magazine includes the following articles:

• "Arcane Lore." Morion the Bard has invented his own repertoire of spells of sight and sound.
• "Bazaar of the Bizarre." Drizzt Do'Urden isn't the only one with one of the magical allies.
• "Dragon's Bestiary." The wizards of the Arcane Age left a legacy of talisman servants.
• "Ecology of the Mongrelmen." The secret lives of the patchwork monsters.
• "Jest the Wizards Three," by Ed Greenwood. A few little magics from the wizards of Faerun and Oerth.
• "Laws of Spell Design." Designing new spells has always been tricky business, until now.
• "Learn More About Magic." Once you've succeeded at Spellcraft 101, where do you turn next?
• "Mage Construction." Spellcasters can make the best masons and carpenters without even dirtying their hands.
• "The Magic of Krynn Reborn!" Magic is back in the Fifth Age of the Dragonlance campaign.
• "Wyrms of the North," by Ed Greenwood. Shocking secrets revealed about "The Dragon of the Statues."

The September 2006 issue of Dragon Magazine includes the following articles:

• "Archomentals," pp. 28-41. The return of the Princes of Elemental Evil: Cryonax (CR 22), Imix (CR 22), Ogremoch (CR 24), Olhydra (CR 22), and Yan-C-Bin (CR 21).
• "Bazaar of the Bizarre," pp. 72-74. Put the power of the elements in your hands. "Class Acts," pp. 86-93. Adventurer: Wilderness Markers. Arcane: Archaeologists. Divine: Lost Ones. Warrior: The Ranger Guide.
• "Ecology of the Elemental Weird," pp. 66-71. Those who seek answers from the ageless elements should beware. "Elemental Hazards," pp. 42-52. As if the Elemental Planes didn't present enough lethal challenges.
• "Off to See the Wizards," pp. 20-26. Delve into the mysteries of the game wizards behind D&D.
• "Paraelementals," pp. 54-65. Ice, magma, ooze, and smoke: uncover what lies between the Elemental Planes.
• "Spellcraft," pp. 76-78. Blasphemous utterances of the Temple of Elemental Evil. Includes blaze bones (Clr 2, Sor/Wiz 2), burning hate (Clr 2, Sor/Wiz 3), caustic disdain (CR 4, Sor/Wiz 4), cold of the grave(Clr 2, Sor/Wiz 2), liferot (CR 3, Sor/Wiz 4), storm slave (Clr 6, Sor/Wiz 6), and summon avatar of elemental evil (Clr 8).

The April 2002 issue of Dragon Magazine  includes the following articles:

• "Adding Insult to Injury," by Robin D. Laws, pp. 58-62. Wisecracks are no joking matter. Includes new feats based on Wit.
• "Artifacts of Oerth," by Allan Grohe and Erik Mona, pp. 92-97. Instruments of the gods. Major artifacts and how to use them in a Greyhawk campaign.
• "Bazaar of the Bizarre: Relics of the Faith," pp. 74-79. Specific magic items for the gods of Greyhawk .
• "Bazaar of the Truly Bizarre: Rummage Sale," by Ed Stark, pp. 80-82. Humorous items that are balanced for regular play.
• "Beings of Power: Four Gods of Greyhawk," by David Noonan, pp. 27-33. Greyhawk. Provides Deities & Demigods stats for Iuz, Pholtus, Rao, and Tharizdun. Also includes the Madness and Force domains and new spells.
• "Class Acts: The Nightsong Infiltrator," by Monte Cook, pp. 66-67. Experts in breaking into "secure" areas, the nightsong infiltrator is the perfect thief and the perfect spy.
• "Elminster’s Guide to the Realms: The Leaning Tree," by Ed Greenwood, pp. 70-73. Forgotten Realms. A trailside camp near Spiderhaunt Wood.
• "Faiths of Faerûn: The Green Hunter," pp. 68-69. Forgotten Realms. A secretive group operating in the jungles of Chult.
• "The Play’s the Thing: There and Back Again," by Robin D. Laws, pp. 102-103. Keeping a log to help you remember what happened.
• "Ramming Speed," by David Noonan, pp. 34-51. Vehicle combat rules.
• "Silicon Sorcery," pp. 104-106. Spells from Nightcaster and magic items from Neverwinter Nights.
• "The Windsinger," pp. 52-53. A sailor who can conjure the winds.
• "Words to Live By," by Robin D. Laws, pp. 54-57. Catchphrases to distinguish your PCs.

Make History!

The Pathfinder Society is an eccentric organization of adventurers, explorers, and scholars with agents spread across Golarion and beyond. While members are expected to be fairly self-sufficient, the organization's leadership knows that those equipped with the knowledge and gear to face the challenges of the job are most likely to survive to bring back priceless treasures and to fill the Pathfinder Chronicles with tales of their daring exploits.

The Pathfinder Society Field Guide breaks down what it means to be a Pathfinder and gives players and GMs tools to build characters and campaigns around the illustrious organization. In addition, all content within this book is 100% legal for use in the world-spanning Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign.

 Within this 64-page book, Pathfinders will find:

• An overview of Absalom, City at the Center of the World, where the Pathfinder Society keeps its headquarters
• Details on 10 factions within the Pathfinder Society, and the benefits available to those agents loyal to each
• New archetypes for Pathfinders of all three branches of the organization: the Scrolls, the Spells, and the Swords
• A complete field guide covering threats to Pathfinder agents, as well as suggestions on building PCs prepared to face them
• Rules for day jobs and professions, property, followers, and other ways to customize your character
• A system for turning characters' fame and prestige into valuable in-game rewards
• Dozens of new spells, magic items, specialized adventuring tools, and more!

The Pathfinder Society Field Guide is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Pathfinder campaign setting, but can easily be used in any fantasy game setting.

The Underworld Awaits!

Far below the world of light, a cavity of unspeakable evil spreads an ancient hatred through the darkness. From their city of Zirnakaynin the dark elves rule an empire of lies and dark magic. Already their foul ambitions grasp for the world above, threatening a cataclysm beyond reckoning and the advent of a second Age of Darkness. Only by taking on the disguises of dark elves themselves and invading the capital of the drow can the PCs discover their enemies' true faces and put an end to their world-shattering plot. But what hope for survival can natives of the surface have in a merciless realm of endless night?

This volume of Pathfinder includes:

• "Endless Night," an adventure for 9th-level characters, by F. Wesley Schneider
• An exploration of Zirnakaynin, the sunless city of the drow, with revelations on its cruel residents and ruthless rulers, by F. Wesley Schneider
• Secrets of the perverse drow art of fleshwarping and the terrifying abominations born of this mad science, by J.D. Wiker and Darrin Drader
• Eando Kline reawakens an evil that could jeopardize all of Golarion in the Pathfinder�s Journal, by Jay Thompson
• Five new monsters by Jonathan Drain and F. Wesley Schneider

For characters of 9th to 11th level.

Pathfinder is Paizo Publishing's 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover Adventure Path book printed on high-quality paper that releases in a monthly volume. Each volume is brought to you by the same staff which brought you Dragon and Dungeon magazines for over five years. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Because Pathfinder uses the Open Game License, it is 100% compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game.

Six Classic Explorations of the Unknown, the Deserted, and the Insane

Where the Sane Fear to Tread

In dim, forgotten recesses of the world lurk mind-twisting horrors. Through the use of human agents these horrors work to thwart mankind's destiny.

However, not all of these human agents are willing partners. Many times have the monsters resorted to subtlety and intrigue to further their ends, rather than gross displays of sheer destruction.

Andrew Keetling is one such unwilling agent. A successful Boston businessman, he has disappeared -- held captive in a mansion of madness.

Mansions of Madness is a collection of six independent tales for Call of Cthulhu. Set in the 1920s and of varying lengths and complexity, these adventures can be planted into an ongoing campaign as the keeper sees fit. Some can be played in a single night; others will require several evenings to complete. They can readily be used as plot twists, interesting diversions, or red herrings.

CAPITAL LAUNDRY SERVICES -- WHAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP?

There are things out there, in the weirder reaches of space-time where reality is an optional extra. Horrible things, usually with tentacles. Al-Hazred glimpsed them, John Dee summoned them, HP Lovecraft wrote about them, and Alan Turing mapped the paths from our universe to theirs. The right calculation can call up entities from other, older universes, or invoke their powers. Invisibility? Easy! Animating the dead? Trivial! Binding lesser demons to your will? Easily doable!

Opening up the way for the Great Old Ones to come through and eat our brains? Unfortunately, much too easy.

That's where the Laundry comes in -- it's a branch of the British secret service, tasked to prevent hideous alien gods from wiping out all life on Earth (and more particularly, the UK). You work for the Laundry. The hours are long, the pay is sub-par, the co-workers are... interesting (in the Chinese curse sense of the word), and the bureaucracy is stifling -- but you do get to wave basilisk guns and bullet wards around, and to go on challenging and exciting missions to exotic locations like quaint, legend-haunted Wigan, cursed Slough and Wolverhampton where the walls are thin.

You may even get to save the world.

Just make sure you get a receipt.

THE LAUNDRY roleplaying game is based on the award-winning Laundry series (The Atrocity Archives, The Jennifer Morgue, The Fuller Memorandum) by the even-more-award-winning Charles Stross, and uses the also-award-winning BASIC ROLEPLAYING SYSTEM (CALL OF CTHULHU).

In this book, you'll find:

• Computational demonology, summoning extradimensional horrors, and three ways to use a shotgun to banish alien monsters.
• A history of the Laundry and the other occult intelligence agencies
• Classified briefings on known threats and monstrous horrors
• Streamlined rules for character creation, investigation and combat
• Three ready-to-play missions

9 One-Night Adventures, a Movie Poster for Each
Special Characters Provided

A blood-fest!

Featuring:

• D.O.A. 2
• Simply Red
• An Alien Kicked Sand in My Face
• Chateau of Blood
• El Tigre, y la Piramede de Destruccion
• Nightmare in Silence
• Carnival Knowledge
• Alive and Kicking
• The Evil Gun

9 terrifying tales for use with the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. Each tale explores a horror genre depicted on the Silver Screen, and is specially constructed to be completed in one or two evenings.

A beautiful young woman at the mercy of a madman... a creature from Orrorsh that preys on fear ... a Nile experiment gone horribly wrong, which threatens all with a fate far worse than death.

These are the ingredients mixed in the crucible of pain that is the Heritage Institute. There a woman struggles for her sanity against a maniacal "weird scientist" who plans to drive her to the edge... and beyond. But Storm Knights who come to her aid are plunged into the nightmare that is the "Nowhere Lands" -- mini-versions of the six realms, each ruled by a being as evil as the High Lords themselves. And behind it all, there lurks the Wasting Spirit...

Crucible of Pain introduces a new concept in roleplaying. Players and gamemaster read the first part of the short story, then run the adventure, and then come back for the exciting conclusion of the story. Powerful fiction and a terror-filled adventure combine for the gaming experience of a lifetime!

This supplement is designed as a companion to Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars. You need the boxed game to play. It introduces players and gamemasters alike to the universe of Torg, where realities overlap and anything is possible.

For up to six players and a gamemaster.

The Stars Are Wrong

No one goes to Illmarsh. An ugly town, unfriendly to strangers and squatting amid the nastiest stretch of swamp in Ustalav, Illmarsh seems to breed rumor and madness, and those who speak of it always whisper of strange disappearances, misshapen shadows, and sacrifices to things terrible and forgotten. But when the trail of the death cultists known as the Whispering Way leads to Illmarsh, it's up to the PCs to learn the secrets of the sickly village. There they'll find a desperate people, caught in a war between beings from beneath the seas and invaders from the darkest corners of the cosmos. Can the heroes save Illmarsh from its tradition of terror? Or will they be the next victims of the horror from beyond the stars?

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Carrion Crown Adventure Path and includes:

• "Wake of the Watcher," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 9th-level characters, by Greg A. Vaughan
• Blasphemous secrets of the foul faiths known collectively as the Old Cults and sanity-shattering gods such as Azathoth, Nyarlathotep, and Cthulhu, by James Jacobs
• A giant bestiary filled with eight classic monsters inspired by the writing of H. P. Lovecraft and the tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, by James Jacobs and Greg A. Vaughan
• Laurel Cylphra's discovery that the dead aren't the only dangers in Ardis in a new entry into the Pathfinder's Journal, by F. Wesley Schneider

Each monthly full-color softcover 96-page Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

This Way Lies Madness

The PCs are now the masters of the lost city of Saventh-Yhi—or are they? For no sooner is the city won than the mighty Gorilla King and his simian followers come to take it for their own. At the same time, the PCs learn of a missing Pathfinder imprisoned in a subterranean city beneath their new holding. Before they can rescue him, however, the PCs must venture into seven ancient vaults to find the entrance to the hidden city. Can they survive the dangers of these strange constructions, or will they succumb to madness first?

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path includes:

• "Vaults of Madness," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 10th-level characters, by Greg A. Vaughan.
• A dozen deadly new traps, by Gareth Hanrahan.
• An ecology of the terrifying ape-men known as the charau-ka, by Gareth Hanrahan.
• Demon birds and enraged apes in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Robin D. Laws.
• Five new monsters of the jungle, by Jesse Benner and Jason Nelson.

Pathfinder Adventure Path is Paizo Publishing's monthly 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover book printed on high-quality paper. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

The Flies Have It!

Leaderless and disorganized, the city of Westcrown reels after a terrifying incursion from the infernal realm. Yet while fiends stalked the streets, a more insidious rebellion unfolded below. Now a new power rises to lay claim to all of Westcrown! Only the insight of a crazed witch might aid the PCs in curtailing this dastardly coup. But can they hope to stand against the true masters of a city poised on the brink of ruin?

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Council of Thieves Adventure Path, and includes:

• "Mother of Flies," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 9th-level characters, by Greg A. Vaughan
• A soul-staining glimpse into the infernal faith of Asmodeus, the Archfiend, by Sean K Reynolds
• An investigation of the methods and organization of thieves' guilds, by Kevin Carter
• Varian and Radovan uncover a diabolical plot in the Pathfinder's Journal, by Dave Gross
• Six new monsters, by Adam Daigle, James Jacobs, Tim Nightengale, and F. Wesley Schneider

A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for characters of 9th to 11th level.

The Council of Thieves Adventure Path is the first to take full advantage of the new Pathfinder Roleplaying Game rules, and works with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

Pathfinder Adventure Path is Paizo Publishing's monthly 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover book printed on high-quality paper. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

The Near Now. As the Possibility Wars rage across the globe, Storm Knights valiantly battle the High Lords of the six invading realms. Now a new threat has arisen -- one which may lead to the creation of a deadly seventh realm, and the final doom of Core Earth.

Malcolm Kane, mass murderer and former servant of the Gaunt Man, has discovered the location of the Core Earth Darkness Device. With its power at his command, he can join the ranks of the High Lords and rule a new realm, one patterned after the bloody Aztec Empire of long ago.

Core Earth's only hope is a group of Storm Knights on the trail of Kane. Challenged by menaces from the past and the present, tempted by the power of the Darkness Device, only they can prevent the destruction of Core Earth's reality.

From Central America to Mexico, the Knights pit their courage and strength against undead legions, ancient war gods, and finally the power of Kane and the Darkness Device in this thrilling adventure. Ahead of them lies their greatest victory -- or a devastating defeat that will change the course of the Possibility Wars for all time.

High Lord of Earth is an adventure for use with Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars. You need the boxed game to play. It introduces players and gamemasters alike to the universe of Torg, where realities overlap and anything is possible.

For up to six players and a gamemaster.

The Near Now: Welcome to Redside, stuck between the war fronts of the Living Land, Nippon Tech and Tharkold. This small town in California has managed to survive through persistence and determination, and a small arms factory. But now, the town has sent out a desperate plea for help, as rampaging biker gangs and edeinos tribes are slowly overrunning the area.

The Storm Knights have come to this small town to help its defense, but as soon as they enter the isolated Central Valley area, they learn of a potential new threat -- occult wizards from the horror realm of Orrorsh have constructed a gate to the Valley, and while it has transported Victorian soldiers, who knows what horrors have used the gate to spread misery beyond the boundary of Orrorsh?

It is up to the Storm Knights to save Redside from the outside forces that so desperately struggle for its destruction, while preventing hidden but lethal forces from gaining control of the town and its people.

Central Valley Gate is an adventure for us with Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars. You need the boxed set to play. This adventure is for veteran characters. While the material in this supplement is set in Torg's Earth of the Near Now, many of the situations and adventure ideas can be incorporated into other game systems.

Deep within the heart of the slums, in the rat-ridden city of Punjar, the Beggar-King weaves his plots. Unearthing rites best left forgotten and offering up sacrifices to the loathsome Lords of Shade, the Beggar-King's ambitions threaten to unleash a horde of shadow-horrors upon Punjar's huddled masses.

You and your fellow companions must bring the reign of the Beggar-King to an end. Your quest will take you from the rooftops of Punjar to its filthiest alleys, and beneath the streets of Punjar to the fetid heart of the city, where even the bravest of sellswords will tremble before the fell secrets of the Beggar-King of Punjar.

An introductory adventure designed specifically for first level characters, Sellswords of Punjar is an urban Dungeon Crawl Classic unlike any other. It includes a full-color double-sided battle map to allow your characters to fully experience the perils of Punjar! This stand-alone adventure can also be used to launch a campaign in the epic fantasy world of Aereth.

This is the first adventure in the Punjar saga. Look for Scions of Punjar and Thrones of Punjar to continue the saga!

Enter the Dragon Empires

It is a land where honorable samurai wage war against devious ninja. Where the guardian spirits known as kami stand against the ravages of evil oni. Where the martial artists of a shattered empire strive to maintain their traditions against rising chaos. A land of jade and tea, of pride and treachery, of reincarnation, and vengeful ghosts. These are the lands of the Dragon Empires.

Dragon Empires Gazetteer presents the first exploration of the continent of Tian Xia, a vast realm on the opposite side of the world of Golarion from the Inner Sea region. Inspired by the fascinating myths and rich histories of numerous Asian cultures and traditions, the Dragon Empires can be either an exotic destination for world-traveling heroes from the far side of the world, or they can be the foundation of an entirely new campaign. Inside this book, you will find:

• Details on over two dozen nations and regions of the vast continent of Tian Xia, including Minkai (a land under the rule of the notorious Jade Regent), Quain (a realm of martial artists and strange spirits), the Wall of Heaven (the world's largest and mountain dangerous mountain range), and Xa Hoi (an ancient empire ruled by a dragon king).
• Rules for five new player character races (the fox-like kitsune, the reptilian nagaji, the spiritual samasarans, the crafty tengus, and the shadowy wayangs).
• Details on the core 20 deities in the Dragon Empires.
• A timeline of Tian Xia's long and eventful history. Information about Dragon Empires society, factions, and philosophies, the zodiac, languages and more!

Dragon Empires Gazetteer is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Pathfinder campaign setting, but can easily be used in any fantasy game setting.

The Path of Destiny

When a trove of fireworks falls into the hands of the goblins of Brinestump Marsh, the people of Sandpoint fear an explosive invasion. But there's more afoot in the soggy wilderness than goblin hijinks and dangerous pyrotechnics. An investigation reveals mysteries and menaces aplenty, but also a treasure holding the answer to not just one of Varisia's greatest mysteries, but a conspiracy spanning continents and empires. Can the adventurers piece together a puzzle that links the owner of a sleepy village tavern to the unsolved destruction of a fortress-settlement? And can they withstand the ancient forces and secret destiny that have waited for them for decades?

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path launches the Jade Regent Adventure Path and includes:

• "The Brinewall Legacy," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 1st-level characters, by James Jacobs
• An exploration of the hinterlands surrounding the town of Sandpoint, a region that's anything but peaceful, by James Jacobs
• A look into the mysteries of the oni, cunning fiends that can assume humanoid forms, by Mike Shel
• Murder in a distant land in the Pathfinder's Journal, by Dave Gross
• Four new monsters by James Jacobs and Tim Nightengale

Each monthly full-color softcover 96-page Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.